35 Inspirational Quotes On Instant Gratification

Instant gratification can be defined as engaging in things that bring you short-term benefits while disregarding your long-term goals. May these quotes inspire you to sacrifice short-term pleasure for long-term success so that you may live your dreams.

1. “We’ve become so addicted to instant gratification that we’re blind to the impact it has on our lives.“Frank Sonnenberg

2. “Instant gratification is a dream killer.” Bryant McGill

3. “Don’t give up what you want most, for what you want now.” Anonymous

4. “The people who founded America, who fought for its freedom, did not look to anyone else to get them out of their troubles. They took matters into their own hands and answered only to God and their peers. In today’s world, sacrifice and hardship are not in the everyday language, and instant gratification is foremost.” Ann Rinaldi

20. “I think it’s kind of nice, in this day and age of instant gratification, that you have to wait for something.” Julian Ovenden

21. “There is nothing more exhilarating than the instant gratification of self-control.” David M. Weinberg

22. “I don’t think patience is something that any of us grow up with in a large dose. It’s a world of instant gratification.” Tim Cope

23. “People want stardom or fame or whatever – instant gratification as opposed to learning one’s craft, which, when I was starting out, was the most important thing: that you are as fully equipped for your job or your art as possible.” Joshua Sasse

25. “We live in a time of instant everything, courtesy of the electronic highway. It creates a community of toddlers. When they don’t get immediate gratification, they get petulant and sulky.” Faye Kellerman

26. “Working is not instantly rewarding. It’s a long process, and it’s much easier to just feed whatever dopamine cycles exist in your brain in instant gratification ways. I get it; I do it.” Greta Gerwig

28. “Advertising doesn’t cause addictions. But it does create a climate of denial and it contributes mightily to a belief in the quick fix, instant gratification, the dreamworld, and escape from all pain and boredom. All of this is part of what addicts believe and what we hope for when we reach for our particular substance. Addiction begins with the hope that something ‘out there’ can instantly fill up the emptiness inside. Advertising is all about this false hope.” Jean Kilbourne

29. “We seem to demand instant everything, including instant solutions to our problems. It was meant to be that life would be a challenge. To suffer some anxiety, some depression, some disappointment, even some failure is normal.” Boyd K. Packer

31. “We live in a society which on the one hand pressurizes us into the pursuit of instant gratification, and the other hand imposes on whole sectors of the population and endless deferment of fulfillment.” Terry Eagleton

32. “We must accept all of God’s will for us, not just those portions that happen to appeal and bring instant gratification and pleasure to us.” Rod Parsley

33. “What’s the difference between people who feel successful and people who feel they’ve failed? The answer is mindset: If you learn and grow from failure, suddenly it becomes a personal asset. People who are successful don’t want instant gratification. They don’t think about hitting a point of success and never working again. Instead, they ask, How do I improve myself and continue to do that consistently over time?”

My name is Asad Meah, I am the CEO & Founder of AwakenTheGreatnessWithin. I am a dreamchaser who has gained a wealth of knowledge in entrepreneurship and personal development over the past five years through self-education. My mission is to inspire millions of people to become entrepreneurs by awakening their minds to their greatness that resides within them.